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Councillor Colin Davie, who holds the economic development portfolio on Lincolnshire County Council, led the delegation to Hunan in the second week of October with the backing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

He said: "The Chinese economy is continuing to grow at a rate that most other countries can only dream of.

"Lincolnshire and Hunan have a relationship that we hope will go on to an even bigger level. There's 76 million people in the province and its GDP is greater than the UK total.

"We are looking forward to welcoming another delegation from China over here in 2018 following their visit in 2016.

"We want to create a joint economic council between Lincolnshire and Hunan to build more relationships around education and food, agri-tech and high-end engineering businesses.

"Lincolnshire has real opportunities not only to export to Hunan but also operate over in China.

"Research in Nottingham has shown that students from China spend £13,000 to £16,000 per annum in the local economy.

"The University of Lincoln already has links to China but there's no reason why they cannot develop even more."

Lincolnshire welcomed a delegation from China's Hunan Province in 2016 when the visitors signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lincolnshire

Cllr Davie said that gaining a foothold in the marketplace in China will become even more important post-Brexit.

"Eminox is an amazing example of the Lincolnshire companies that are seeking out opportunities rather than waiting for them to happen," he said.